Hopper



March 17, 1925 1,529,674

F. A. THOMANN HOPPER Filed June 29, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l PateIited Mar.17,1925, I UNITED )EREDERIGKYA. THOHANN', OF'EAST MQIINE; ILLINOIS",ASSIGNOR} ToDEEim coit- I HGPPER.

Ap lication-med J neae, 1923. Serial 643,455;f if l i If Be new iatli FH? Memga citizen-9f the; Unified States; slid a ifQSi ldQHt Of EastMeline, the eountly of Rock ls'land afid Stkte of ll linois, haveiiiveii'ted certain new; 313d useful lmpre e merits in. Hoppers, 'fwhieh the f1l0wingis a specification,- re-fererice being had t6 f the accompanyingdrawings. V

lti-is*eon menpractice to mox e wg go 'ldads of sugar beets teapbjnt;adjacent tq e- 'ailowewh ia hey i reump m w oiis directly into alongreceptaele'pp hopper in which isari aing'ed an endless cqnveyor -1 that{carries the beets to anddischefges them into anelevati'iig device thaltjdelivefs them *directly intoears or u pon-the grhi nd in a largepile-Such d imping o fthe beets fipm wagons-1s prdinarily 'aeeomplishedhymeans 200i a hoisting meehia nism that sq lifts end tilts' the Wagon:body ,as te discharge the beets thereffom. over thf side wall goi the.hbpprg-the .downwyardly tu ned; hinged side 61: BildiLfliliGwOi' lihBwagpn eetinges achute to direct" the i beets into {thehopper.

.It is thel;objec t--o fymy iinVeIitiontq so eonvstruct a hopperthat-either of its side walls may be readily tm'ned-downaxid held at alli 1 I tifilesdiii'iiiithe discharge, if-beets from the. wagdn to t 1 ehopper in contact With'the ituined' gate, "or Wallet the wagon'a d byits inclinatiommiil its rela t idn to L1Qh agpn gate or wellcopperatej,-thei'ewith to form a solely; ythe gate 0-1" all gfthe It.

i is a 'further object f theginirentiento provide :the hepper withmeansthat are zideptr ed for use altepnat ively with; its o p'positehingedside wallszfior hpldia' g them 'in saidj 40 cooperative relation with a;dumping, ,W agon, v v

the PP itQside wallet-the h er V V v at such timeremaming in lockedertical )s1t1on.4

f Theeehjectsyar attained hy the; means shownin the-dnawings andhereinafter particulerl y described; That whiehl believe to be newWill-beset fforthinth'e claims.

In'the drawings; i I i I I Fig. 1' is a verticalcress-section through ahopperwembod yiing qmy impvovements, one of 59 'the'hingecl side wallsthereofbeing in 10W- evedp'osition ands-shown ce=operati g Ireilatitin'to the -cl0Wn-tu med gate pr wall lot a wwagdn a pontien of the bn'dy efsueh wagon being shown in dIIIDPI IEI g QOSiIILOD';

.. Fig 2 1s a detail, be'ifi' gjihqriza italis v wi mkenetline m-whldfi' 7 Fig.3is asap-tr plan -v H slidwh in Fig; I fwiththelnng I I own beig in vertical? c gg r downwardly from a; po nt mime mi e diately ajjace'ntlto the time ma g lialgpqreqnjaff iqph d 1 hinged wall-l 'fiembetj 8 is a edefleetingjp'l' l3, Whl h plates are I adapted {tO' dire --;bthat are dumped-tints "mishap 'trbllgh like ,memb e i' 14; tha Oh bottom7 pOr'tio i 0f the hap en and ae'tifig tomkive beets aileng such slattedpartition, iswillfbe' upd'r'stoddg}liialsiii iehfas- Over .the uppermarginal portion of each of the end-walls of the hopper islocated atransversely sliding bar 18-that is guided.

and held by two brackets 19 through apertures in which the bar passes,the end portions of such barv being upturned as at 20 serving not onlyas'convenient hand holds, but which act-also to; prevent disengagementof the bar from its brackets. The edge coiled spring 24 that at itsouter end, is"

adapted to be connected to the upper portion of one ofthe hinged sidewalls 8. In

the construction shown the upper marginal portion of each. gate is'reinforced by an angle iron 25 to which,-near each endthereof, isriveted an'ear 26 having a hole there through with which a hook formedon the end of one of the springs 24 can engage.

I 7 "When the hopper is not being used to receive beets, the hingedwalls 8 will ordinarily be kept in vertical position and may Y besecured insuch position bymeans of bolts passed through the end.portions ofv their angle iron bars 25 and one ofthe flanges of eachofthe; angle iron frame i members 7, one of such bolts being shown.

and indicated by 27 'When, however a load of beets is to be dumped intothe hop I per that one of the gatesat that side of r the hopper that isto receive the-beets is to be unlocked or unbolted and allowed toswing'outward, as indicated in Fig.1, the

weightof the door tending to draw to the limit'of its movement in thatdirection the" sliding bars 18. When a loadedwagon is driven'alongsideof the hopper adjacent to that out-turned wall the side gate of thewagonwill be allowed to drop and strike and rest against such wall 8and, by reason of the provision of the springs 24, will yieldingly'support such wagon gate after the I 1 manner shown in Fig. 1,'whe're aportion of atilted wagon body A is shown with its pivoted gate arestingagainst the inner face of the hopperwall 8. and, as" there shown,

such wall cooperates with the wagon gate a in forming a chute over whichthe beets travel from the wagon body to the interior or the hopper.

1 By providing the transversely sliding bars 18at each end of thehopper, and by so 10- jcating the supporting brackets 19 in whichsaid'barsslide at equal distances from the transverse center of thehopper, it is evident 3 that .it is only necessary to provide at each Iend of the hopper a single connection such as that formed by each link22 andits sp'ring 24, because the two spring member s'f24 can be hookedonto that one of the walls 8 which is to be turned down to cooperatewith the gate of a dump wagon-the hinged wall at the other side of thehopper remaining locked in place. The bars 18 slide readily towardeither side of the hopper, 'asrequired, and will be stopped at therequiredv positionby one of the upturned ends 20, so

that the then do-wnturned side wall will stand at a suitable angle to beengaged by the dropped side gate of the wagon, and such dropped gatewill be yieldinglysupported by reason of thesprings'24. By the use of myimprovements the hinged gate of a dump wagon can be positioned at asharper "incline than if it extended over a rigid side wall of a hopper,which sharply inclined position of course facilitates the rapiddischarge of theload into the hopper. 7

WhatI claim as my to secure by Letters Patent, is r Y 1.The'comb'nation'of a hopper having-a downwardly and outwardly swingingwall, yielding means, for sustaining said wall in inventionand desire aninclined position to adapt it to support and, cooperate "with anothermember that rests thereon during the discharging of ma terials' oversuch other member and said wall into the hopper, and means carried bysaid hopper and movable toward and from said wall "for supporting saidyielding means in operative positi 1 i v y 7 2. The combination of ahopper-haying oppositely-located downwardly and outwardlyswingingwallseach adapted to be held in an inclined position to supportand cooperate with another member thatrests thereon during the dischar''ingof materials over it andsuch other memloer into the hopper, andmeans connected'with the hopper ior alternatively sustaining said wallssuch inclined operative position. M

3. The E combinationof a- 'hopper' having oppositely-located downwardlyand. outwardly swinging walls each adapted tofbe held in an inclinedposition to support and cooperate with another member that rests thereonduring the discharging of materials over it and such othermember intothe hopper, and yielding means connected with the hopper foralternatively sustaining said walls in such inclined operative position.

4. The combination of ahopper having oppositely-located downwardly andoutwardly swinging walls eachadapted to .be held in an inclined positionto support and cooperate with another member that rests thereon duringthe discharging'of materials over it and such other member intothehopsaid walls in their inclined operative position comprising adevice connected with the hopper and adjustable toward and from eitherof 'saidwalls. I

vper and means for alternatively sustaining adapt it to be moved towardor from either I of said side walls, and means connected with said barfor connecting it with eitherof said side walls to sustain the side wallso con- 7 nected in an inclined position to adapt it to support andcooperate with another member that rests thereon during the discharg-'ing of materials over it and such other member into the hopper.

6. The combination of a hopper having oppositely-located downwardly andoutwardly swinging side walls; a bar slidingly connected with an endwall of the hopper to adapt it to be moved toward'or from either i ofsaid side walls, and meansco'nnected with said bar for connecting itwith either of said,

side walls to sustain the side wall so oonnected in an inclined positionto adapt it to support and cooperate-with-another mem her that reststhereon during the di'schaig.-- ing of materials over it and such othermein- I .berinto the hopper, said connectingmeans comprising a coiledspring.

FREDERICK A.

THOMAN

